Thermoplasma
Sign in to saveThermoplasma is a genus of archaeans. It belongs to the class Thermoplasmata, which thrive in acidic and high-temperature environments. Thermoplasma are facultative anaerobes and respire using sulfur and organic carbon. They do not contain a cell wall but instead contain a unique membrane composed mainly of a tetraether lipoglycan containing atypical archaeal tetraether lipid attached to a glucose- and mannose-containing oligosaccharide. This lipoglycan is presumably responsible for the acid and thermal stability of the Thermoplasma membrane.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Thermoplasma is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Asgard, Proteoarchaeota and Thermoplasmata.
It is catalogued under topics including Archaea genera and Methanobacteriati.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomArchaea
- PhylumThermoplasmatota
- ClassThermoplasmata
- OrderThermoplasmatales
- FamilyThermoplasmataceae
Thermoplasma（テルモプラズマ属、サーモプラズマ属）は、陸上の温泉などに生息する好熱、好酸、通性嫌気性の古細菌の一属。古細菌のモデル生物の一つで、細胞壁を欠くなどの特徴で知られる。学名はギリシア語で「熱(θέρμη)」+「形作られたもの(Πλάσμα)」という意味である。 単離は好熱古細菌の中では最も早く、1960年代後半にインディアナ州の炭鉱のボタ山から発見された。1980年代になると各地の温泉などからも単離され始め、日本でも温泉からの報告例がある。
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Research
704 papers- The Main (Glyco) Phospholipid (MPL) of Thermoplasma acidophilum.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
- The Chaperones of the archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum.Journal of structural biology · 2001
- Substrate Promiscuity of Thermoplasma acidophilum Malic Enzyme for CO(2) Fixation Reaction.JACS Au · 2024
- Catalytic mechanism of the 20S proteasome of Thermoplasma acidophilum revealed by X-ray crystallography.Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology · 1995
- The proteasome.Current opinion in structural biology · 1997
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Thermoplasma is a genus of archaeans. It belongs to the class Thermoplasmata, which thrive in acidic and high-temperature environments. Thermoplasma are facultative anaerobes and respire using sulfur and organic carbon. They do not contain a cell wall but instead contain a unique membrane composed mainly of a tetraether lipoglycan containing atypical archaeal tetraether lipid attached to a glucose- and mannose-containing oligosaccharide. This lipoglycan is presumably responsible for the acid and thermal stability of the Thermoplasma membrane.
==See also== List of Archaea genera
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